It was a difficult foreign policy message that the president, forced onto the defensive, tried to sell to the men and few women at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.
Cases like those of the Shanghai troop can remind people worldwide that even Internet criminals must descend from their virtual worlds and face the very real, earthly justice system.
Dear NSA spies: Reveal your great discoveries. Give yesterday's conservative politicians and economic leaders an earful of today's frustrations. Explain to them that they are leading the country straight toward the abyss.